Science Kits

After realizing the challenges facing the
promotion and teaching of Science in Zimbabwe and the ever-increasing number of
pupils failing the subject – the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education
through its Strategic Plan (2011-2015) in partnership with UNICEF have embarked
on a massive program to revive science teaching in the country. The program is
funded through the Education Development Fund (EDF) – a multi-donor funding
mechanism.

The program has already acquired 2,449
sciences kits which will be distributed starting January 2014 and is
currently working on the re-capacitation of more than 5,000 science teachers
from the 2,336 secondary schools in the country on the safe use and maintenance
of the apparatus in the new science kits.

The science kits will be distributed to all
registered and satellite secondary schools as well as some registered
non-formal institutions offering the science curriculum. Each kit comprises of
172 different items, 46 of which are chemicals and has enough supplies to cover
178 different experiments from Form 1-4 classes. The distribution of the kits
is expected to have been completed by the end of July 2014. The science kits
are not being distributed in isolation but are meant to complement the EDF
science textbooks that were distributed between 2011 and 2013.